US petroleum reserve lease sale in Alaska draws just 7 bids

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump's efforts to make the United States "energy dominant" with help from Alaska got off to modest results Wednesday.

The Interior Department made its largest-ever lease offering within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska: 900 tracts covering 16,100 square miles (41,700 sq. kilometers), roughly the size of New Hampshire and Massachusetts combined.